WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON COMING UP THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT. PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG!!!!! CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS BEFORE
LEAVING ANY CASHIER'S STATION!!!!!
THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
It happened at Wal-Mart (Supercenter
Store #1279),
10411 N Freeway 45, Houston
, TX 77037 a month ago.
I bought a bunch of stuff, over $150, & I
glanced at my receipt as the cashier was handing me the bags. I saw a cash-back
of $40. I told her I didn't request a cash back & to delete
it.
She said I'd have to take the $40 because she couldn't delete
it. I told her to call a supervisor.
Supervisor came & said I'd have
to take it! I said NO! Taking the $40 would be a cash advance against my
Discover & I wasn't paying interest on a cash advance!!!!! If they couldn't
delete it then they would have to delete the whole order.
So the
supervisor had the cashier delete the whole order & re-scan
everything!
The second time I looked at the electronic pad before I
signed & a cash-back of $20 popped up. At that point I told the cashier
& she deleted it.
The total came out right. The cashier agreed that
the electronic pad must be defective. (yeah, right!)
Obviously the
cashier knew the electronic pad wasn't defective because she NEVER offered me
the $40 at the beginning.
Can you imagine how many people went
through before me & at the end of her shift how much money she
pocketed?
Just to alert everyone. My coworker went to Milford , DE
Wal-Mart last week.
She had her items rung up by the cashier. The cashier
hurried her along and didn't give her a receipt.
She asked the cashier
for a receipt and the cashier was annoyed and gave it to her.
My coworker
didn't look at her receipt until later that night. The receipt showed that she
asked for $20 cash back. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR CASH BACK!
My
coworker called Wal-Mart who investigated but could not see the cashier pocket
the money. She then called her niece who works for the bank and her
niece told her This is a new scam. The
cashier will key in that you asked for cash back and then hand it to her friend
who is the next person in line.
Please, please, please check your receipts
right away when using credit or debit cards!
This is NOT limited to Wal-Mart,
although they are the largest retailer so they have the most incidents.
I
am adding to this....My husband and I were in Wal-Mart North Salisbury and
paying with a credit card. When my husband went to sign the credit card signer,
he just happened to notice there was a $20 cash back added. He told the cashier
that he did not ask nor want cash back and she said this machine has been
messing up and she canceled it.
We didn't think anything of it until we read
this email.
I wonder how many "seniors" have been, or will be, "stung"
by this one????
THIS SCAM CAN BE DONE ANYWHERE, AT ANY
RETAIL OR WHOLESALE LOCATION!!!
BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER'S
STATION!!!!!CHECK YOUR
RECEIPT
BEFORE LEAVING THE STAND. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE DO JUST THAT. NOW I'LL
START!
PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS, KIDS, LOVED ONES
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